Question on 在

[Seraphium]

Hi all

Just a query

The following sentence is part of a phrase.

The plane was behind schedule, I was told the plane may arrive at around 5:30. So in the airport i went downstairs to the Duty free shop.

The second sentence im having problems with structuring properly, i made it like this:

在飞机场我了去楼下免的税店.

在飞机场 to say in the airport

我去了楼下免的税店 - i went to downstair's duty free shop

However i was told this was incorrect and the correct way to say it would be:

所以我就去了飞机场楼下的免税店

why is this? why do we start the sentence with 所以(so), i thought the subject always comes first before a word like 'so'. I guess i just want to why the construction is this way?

[creamyhorror]

i thought the subject always comes first before a word like 'so'.

Why do you think that?

Correct:

所以 我 就 去了 飞机场楼下的 免税店

So I went to the duty-free shop [on] the airport's lower level

Wrong:

在飞机场我了去楼下免的税店.

- 了去 --> 去了 (了 doesn't come before the verb)

- 免的税店 is not a word; 免税店 is a word meaning "duty-free shop"

- 楼下 的 免税店 = the lower level's duty-free shop = the duty-free shop downstairs

So in the airport i went downstairs to the Duty free shop.

Why is "in the airport" in this sentence? It should be in an earlier sentence, to establish your location for the reader.